Articles by Emili Vesilind

Catherine Malandrino wants you to feel at home. Read more

Sharp-dressed men Sam Cooke, Fats Domino and Ray Charles helped pave the way for modern rhythm and blues in the 1950s and always dressed the part of the gentleman. Read more

GLIDING across the stage, crooning “come closer” over a driving beat, he manhandles the microphone stand like a modern-day James Brown. Read more

WHEN designer Erik Hart launched Morphine Generation, his darkly romantic streetwear line, in 2003, imitators came flocking – ripping off the collection’s skull-and-flora silk-screens ad nauseam. Read more

WITH L.A.’s fashion lovers unloading more posh designer garb at consignment shops, now’s the time to snag that Fendi Spy bag or Chanel cardigan you’ve been coveting – at a fraction of its original price. Read more

THE INSIDE of designer consignment store Decadestwo is always impressive – racks of beaded, ornate red-carpet gowns give way to shelves of yesterday’s “It” bags from the likes of Prada, Goyard and Balenciaga. Read more

MANOLO BLAHNIK became a household name when “Sex and the City” made his sexy stilettos practically a member of the cast. Read more

YOU WOULD think they were talking about a defaced historical landmark, the way the gossip was going: “The place used to be so serene, I didn’t even mind that it took three hours to get my hair done,” said one highlighted regular of the John Frieda Salon on Melrose Place. Read more

IF YOU think wearing high heels to work is a grind, try tramping around stage at the Viper Room in stilettos with a guitar strapped to your back. Read more